Saenger Hope theater reopening praised by Boxoffice
A Boxoffice Magazine piece highlights the Saenger Hope Arkansas reopening praising Richards Lightman for refurbishing the fire-destroyed house. It recalls 1920 memories of a 2,000 seat venue and a nearby hotel, noting generous farm-fare dining at $4.50 daily and old south hospitality.
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Hope
Saenger Theater
Bar- Oy
Boxoffice Magazine
Charles A. Armitage
Tope Chamber of Commerce
D. H. Pickard
Army
Southwestern Proving Ground
New York City
M Notion
Chester Friedman
Folows
Sdenger
Hope, Ark
Richards-Lightman Enterprises
Hope Star
Saenger
Publix Theatres
20 Years Ago Today Jan 23 Meetings Across Towns With University Specialists
Mary Buechley and Lyn Smith announced meetings at Ozan McCaskill Columbus Bingen DeArman and BlevWs with University specialists on ageing methods My Blue Trixven and two Black Crows were popular. New Americas Legion officers named Commander Robert Wilson secretary treasurer N W Denty second vice commanders Hugh Clark and Cide Ellis Historian Bast Newton chaplin Dr Ho OH Griffin post surgeon Dr ZL Mile Information on a possible apart at Hope sought by Mr John C H Lee US Army Engineer Pi
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Hugh Clark
Cide Ellis
Bast Newton
Chaplin
Ho OH. Griffin
M. Lile
Hope
John C.H. Lee
U.S. Army
Coldest Weather Predicted as Arkansas Freezes
The state braces for the coldest weather of the season with lows expected from zero to ten above and clear skies. Harrison and Paragould reported eight degrees as the coldest spots, a 24 hour low near 20s preceded by last week’s snow. Light snow fell in Paragould and Jonesboro with some areas seeing light rain yesterday.
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Arkansas
Paragould
Jonesboro
Harrison
Agree on How Recovery Plan Should Be Run
Washington reporters report Senators Taft and Vandenberg move toward a unified plan for the European recovery program. They discuss a separate administrator with cabinet rank and broad independent decision power, while Truman’s proposal envisions a state department director. The debate includes NAM support and concerns over the time limit and funding for the four-year program.
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Gan
Vaidenberg
Taft
Parent
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Man Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenburg
Secretaries of State
Defense
Polisenay
Commerce, Agriculture and Defense
Michigan
Vandenberg
Daft
Truman
Dlain
State
Naional Association of Manufacturers
Curtis B. Calder
Te Nam
State Department
Republica
Congress
Ohio
Waldenberg
GOP
Jenner
Jindiaha
Venker
Gerand Tureiga
Stricken Arkansas Infant to Fly to San Francisco
An Arkansas soldier’s infant son, John Thomas Featherstone of Rison, Arkansas, is to be flown by Air Transport Command from Mobile Alabama to Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco for treatment. The child, born about a month ago, suffers a breathing and eating abnormality and pneumonia, and traveled here from the Panama Canal Zone with his mother, while his father is stationed there.
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Mobile
Ala
Air Transport Command
San Franeiisco
John Thomas Featherston
M.P. Featherstone
Rison
Arx
Panama Canal Zone
ATC
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio
San Francisco
Bradley Field Medical
Fred A Luck Again to Head Livestock Show
Fred A Luck, Hemastesa County Judge, was reelected president of the Third District Livestock Association. Officers named include Homer Purtle Prescott first vice president Harry Baker Magnatia second vice president Glen Wallace Nashville third vice president. Kenneth Hamilton Hope C A Armitage Hope secretary. About 85 members from 112 counties attended the steak dinner at Hotel Barlow. District board members elected include Marty Baker Columbia Hot Springs A Kin nnard Clark Frank Rudolph Garland H C Yelton Little River J R Burrus Nevada Sid Purtte Montgomery Lee Stanley Pike cen Wallace Miller Emmett Williams Hempstead M S Bates. Representatives from Howard Raseyette Pulaski Polk Saline Sevier and Ouachita counties not designated. Officers and board meet January 12 to plan the district show this fall. All county district and state show representatives meet in Little Rock in February to set dates for state shows. Discussion centered on Jan Spen or closed show and free or paid gate. No action taken.
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Fred A. Luck
Hemastesa
Third District Livestock Association
Barlow
Homer Purtle
Prescott
Harry Baker
Magnatia
Glen Wallace
Nashville
Kenneth Hamilton
Hope
C. A. Armitage
Clark
Columbia
Garland
Hot Springs
Hempstead
Lafayette
Millsr
Montgomery
Mevada
Ouachita
Pike
Pulaski
Marty Baker
A. ©. Kinnnard
Frank Rudolph
H. C. Yelton
Little River
J. R. Burrus
Nevada
Sid Purtte
Lee Stanley
Cen Wallace
Miller
Jan Spen
Showdown With Moscow Necessary Showdown With Moscow Necessary
London Jan 23 Churchill urged a swift showdown with Moscow to avert atomic weaponry, arguing it could save lives if it helps prevent war. Attlee and Bevin favored unity under the United Nations and gradual formulation, while stressing caution and broader international backing.
Eisenhower Declines Nomination For Higher Office
Washington January 23 General Dwight D Eisenhower said he could not accept nomination to high political office. He stated he would remain available for military duty, arguing his refusal could be misinterpreted and noting his inner compulsion to serve the country if called. He plans terminal leave from the army around February 15 and remains a candidate in the New Hampshire presidential primary.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Chief of Staff
New Hampshire
Leonard V. Finder
Manchester Union
Eisenhower
Lisenhower
Jane
Here and There in Arkansas Monticello Jan 22
Mardell Yates Pope 78 died here yesterday funeral services set today. Dr Pope and his late father Dr Jenkins De Vaney Pope practiced medicine here for many years. Survived by widow and daughter Mrs M F Wright of Monticello. He was a World War One medical corps captain.
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Montcello
Pi— der. Mardell Yates Pope
Pope
Jenkins de Vaney Pope
Civilization Shouldn't Happen to a Dog and Mink Coat Travel
A New York City dog with a mink coat encounters a country cousin at the park. The two discuss class, labor, and civilization as the city dog critiques urban life while the rural dog eyes a simple life and a rabbit hunt, ending with the remark that civilization shouldn’t happen to a dog.
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New York
Prince
Shih
Chubbyklus
Jaye
Tavlatain
Chubbykins
Bur Sansity
Alovanine
Chulbykins
Only 3 000 Acres of SPG to Be Lost to Debudding
Capt. K W Anderson told Hope Rotary today that next month’s debudding program at the Southwestern Proving Ground will follow the original survey plan from February 8 1947 to make land mostly safe with about 3000 acres remaining unusable. He recalled directing last year’s dedudding and noted 24000 acres have already been released to disposal agencies. Some areas will be fenced off due to embedded shells, and a 2000 acre zone will be condemned. An Army Engineers team from Tulsa will run the 1948 effort with Anderson as inspector. two factors aid cleanup are inert shells and concentrated danger zones. The club praised the noon meal and hosted several local guests.
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Southwestern Proving Ground
K. W. Anderson
Hope Rotary Ch
Poon
Hotel Barlow
Anderson
Dorsey McHae, Jr
Army Engineers
Tulsa
Okla
Romactaty
Floyd
Hole Barlow
Thames
Hayes Adams
Chesaning
Mich
Charles Archer
DeQueen
Robert DB
Martin
Juneau
Alaska
Franz, Swaty
Arkadelphia
Elbert Wilkes
George W- Peek
James Embree
Roy Hammons
Royce Weisenberger
All of Hope
Phil Baletwin
Lite Louk
Farm Leaders of Southwest Meet Here
Farm Bureau leaders and representatives from 11 counties in Southwest Arkansas met at Nempstead courthouse starting at 1 am. Principal discussion centered on the state organization’s Membership campaign. Speakers included Joe Wurdy of Grady, president of the state Federation, and J. O. Patterson, District Extension Service Agent.
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Farm Bureau
Arkansas
Nempstead
Joe Wurdy
Grady
State Federation
Arkansas Agriculture
J. O. Patterton
Paralysis Drive Campaign Stalls in Hemstead County
County official Jim LaGross reports the Hemstead paralysis drive is lagging as the fund reaches 342 dollars of a 3528 goal. The largest single contribution of 3279 came from the KXAR jamboree committee. The drive closes January 30. readers urged to donate.
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Hemmstead
Jim LaGross
KXAR
Helena Lagged Behind Steamboat In Mississippi Race
Memphis report says the diesel Helena lagged about 220 miles behind the towboat Kokoda in a Mississippi River race run by Fenneral Barge Lines. Kokoda was about 177 miles below St Louis at 6 a m CST while Helena paused above Cairo for refueling and repairs. The event, begun January 15 at New Orleans, is the first of its kind on the river and expected to end Sunday.
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Memphis
Tenn
Helena
Feneral
Kokoda
St. Louis
New Orleans
Burge
Cairo
Ranks of CIO Split Over Wallace
Washington dispatch reports the CIO split over Henry Wallace's third party bid for the presidency. The executive board voted 33 to 11 to reject Wallace as politically unwise, while a dissident faction representing about 1.25 million of the 6 million members favored Wallace. Separately, GOP prospects show Eisenhower rising, with Dewey Taft and Stassen considering strategy to block him, and talks of a delegate slate in New Hampshire.
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CIO
Henry Wallace
Executive Board of Labor Organization
Roosevelt
Wallace
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s Won
Treuman
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhawer
Dle
Wendell L. Willkle
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harard E. Stasser
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Taft
Dewey
Stugsen
Usera
New Hampshire
Arkansas State Police Year in Review Arrest Totals
Little Rock January report shows Arkansas state police made 17,255 arrests last year with 12,242 convictions and six acquittals. A breakdown reveals 1,253 arrests and 13,814 convictions in another section, plus 485 autos recovered valued at 3517 7. Li and Po 28H for larceny and other crimes including burglary motor theft arson kidnapping murder AWOL and cattle theft are listed.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Laney
Public Today
J. R. Porter
Powley
Ted Lik
Armed Services
Tobacco grows across climates from Canada to tropics
Tobacco can be grown in a wide variety of climates from southern Canada to the tropics, tolerating many soils except very wet ones. The note highlights adaptability across regions while warning against waterlogged conditions.
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Canada
Tropics
Bavarian General Strike Ties Up Bavaria Moscow style walkout
Mass labor strike paralyses Munich and 26 Bavarian cities. Nearly 1 million workers walked out, with some 90,000 marching in Munich and demonstrations led by Communist elements. Rail and bus services halted, suburbs disrupted, shops closed, and industrial output delayed as authorities fear further trouble through the weekend.
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Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Nuernberg
Wuerzbur
Augsburg
Passau
M Parlier
Gaid Comunist
Lorenz’ Hagen
Tsar Fe
Wrorl
Bavar
Breas
Danube
Coburg
Hof
Bay
Iaw
Theoug
Baable
Communist 7
Bunay
E& State
Osk
Nueroberg
NOD
Cologne
Ruhr
Readers Company Receives Charter From Secretary of State
The secretary of state issues a charter to Readers Company of Texarkana Little Rock dated January 23 detailing capital stock at 5 percent par value of $100 per share. Corporators listed include Paul and Mcbouth and M. EL.
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Little Rock
Texarkana
Tovize Capital
Paul
Mcbouth
M. EL
Texarkana, i
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